Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 115, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1925 — Page 1

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VENIRE CALLED FOR MONDAY TO TRY M’NAMARA Stage All Set for Opening of Alleged Labor Blackmail Case. ONE CHARGE SELECTED Penalty of One to Five Years Is Faced. Final preparations were made today by Prosecutor William H. Remy and Criminal Judge James A. Collins, for the trial of John J. McNamara, business agent of the local iron workers’ union, which starts Monday, on charges of blackmail. W Judge Collins ordered a special of 100 to report, from which will be obtained a jury for the labor leader, whose arrest Oct. 9. 1924, followed a series of labor disputes in which McNamara is alleged to have threatened various workmen and employers in attempts to force employment of union Iron workers. Fred C. Cause, former Supreme Court justice, will preside as special judge, as McNamara filed an affidavit charging Judge Collins is prejudiced against him. Specific Charge The specific charge on which the State will try McNamara, is that of interfering with installing a twen-ty-ton boiler at the new Elks Home, St. Clair and Meridian Sts. The indictment charges McNamara and a gang of union iron workers appeared Nov. 15, 1923, at the ineompleted building, and threatened Ben Staggenborg, Niman Tranfer Company foreman, with the intent to gain employment for the iron workers. Unde the State la w. such action is blackmail, according to Remy, punishable by one to fl've years’ imprisonment. According to witnesses, Staggenborg and a Kang of union steamfltters were easing the huge boiler down an incline when McNamara appeared. The latter, it is charged, cursed the workmen and someone knocked a jack from under the boiler, letting It crash down against one of the huge pilasters supporting the k 1,000,000 edifice, knocking the pilaster out of piUTTTb. According to Remy his witness will testify McNamara said then ho hoped the whole building would fall down. Other Charges McNamara also faces charges of uttering similar threats to workmen employed in erecting the smoke stack of the American Legion Bldg, in the Plaza; to W. S. Frye, transfer man; Fred W. Jungclaus, secretary of the "William P. Jungclaus Company, contractors on the Elks Bldg., and workmen employed in the Fletcher Savings and Trust Bldg. While acting as police judge in 1911 Judge Collins released Me Namara to William J. Burns, famous detective, and California authorities. Despite protests, the labor leade*was smuggled out of the State ir. an auto and taken to California, where he pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the dynamiting of the Llewellyn Iron Works, and served twelve years In San Quentin penitentiary. His brother, James, pleaded guilty to a murder charge arising from the bombing of the Los Angeles Times Bldg., where twenty-one persons died, and was sent up for life. KRIM LOSSES ARE HEAVY Rvffians Resist French Drive With Fanatical Fury. Bu United Press FEZ, Morocco, Sept. 12. —Riffian kiosses in the first twenty-four hours Bis the great French drive north of 'the Ouergha have been very heavy, due to the fanatical fury with which the Krim men sought to stem the French advance. With the scorn of danger which their religion instills in them, the Riffians resisted at points where, from the start, resistance was futile. In some cases they battled on, even when they were outnumbered ten to one. Thus they have suffered heavily while the French losses are described as “trifling.” The French are continuing their onward push. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS .* OKI m Many a bride given away £omes back,

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TORNADO HITS MICHIGAN .“mall Cloudburst Accompanies a Storm East of Jackson. Bv United Press JACKSON, Mich., Sept. 12.—A small tornado, accompanied by a severe cloudburst, swept over a fivemile path, twenty miles east of here last night, destroying several farm buildings, crippling communication and leveling trees and telephone poles. FUND CAMPAIGN TO BE DIRECTED i BYKAUFFMANN Link Belt President Will Give Time in Community Drive. Alfred O. Kauffmann, president of the Link Belt Company, will be chairman of the Indianapolis Community Fund campaign for 1926, Fred Hoke, president of the fund, announced today. Acceptance by Kauffmann followej a conference with Charles Plez, Chlago, chairman of the Link Belt board of directors, and fornier head of ping Board, in which Pi e z agreed to rerelieve Kauff m ¥ mann of (some WL. > -fr-aaS of his duties and to postpone 1L 4 Wm£ IS the latter’s reH moval to Chilllf:::: cago until he has completed a J the campaign MM 1* J§§ f°r the support of thirty-six soKauffinaiui cial welfare organizations. Ur eat Record "The record made by the Indianapolis Community Fund during the years that It has been in existence is one of which all of us may well be proud.” said Kauffmann. "Our success has been the result of hard work and the strict application of efficient methods.| But we must go forward. We have a to perform and we must go about it courageously to fulfill it. Before Nov. 1 we expect to have a strong organization of volunteer workers, thoroughly permeated with the spirit of the winning team. I feel sure that the generous heart of Indianapolis will rise to this, its sixth anTmaltfwswmtrrtry to fnrthf t>mofunity Fund.” Civic Worker Kauffmann has been active in this movement for several years. Last fall he was chairman of the executive committee. He has been director of the West division and of the industrial employes’ division in previous campaigns, and is considered one of the best organizers of civic enterprise in the city. Although his home has already been move.d to Chicago, and he will spend less time than before with the local Link-Belt plants, he Is con.lnulng his connection with the fund out of a feeling of loyalty to Indianapolis. RUSH MARINES TO NICARAGUA Uprisings Are Feared by President There. Bv T'nifed Press - WASHINGTON, Sept, 12.—Three hundred American marines, aboard the gunboats, Tulsa and Denver, are rushing from Panama to Bluetield and Oarlnto, at the request of President Solarseno of Nicaragua, the State Department announced today. Tlie president's request stated uprisings were impending. The marines recently were withdrawn from Managua, the capital of N1 Mragua, after years on duty there. \*o marines are to be landed, the co.ninanders of the vessels being under strict orders not to make a move, except on orders from Washington. PROSPERITY IS CITED BY ROADS Farmers Can Afford Rate lump, Witness Declares. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—Evidence purporting to show that farmers can afford a freight rate increase was submitted today at the special interstate commerce commission hearing on the demand of Western railroads for a raise of 6 per cent in rates. F. W. Koneman, vice president and manager of the Citizens Investment Company of Sioux Falls, S. D., said farmers are more prosperous now than in the pre-war years, •The farmer is now getting better prices for his products than in prewar times, and, with relation to otner commodities, his available pur*- basing power is vastly greater,” Koneman testified. R AIN PREVENTS GAM E Indianapolis and Columbus Teams Have Idle Afternoon, n ‘' (sss*sss! Ohio, Sept. 12. I tain prevented the American Association ball game between Coluinbita and Indianapolis hpjg

JUDGEGRANTS PETITION FOR PRIMARY QUIZ Gives Election Commissioners Authority to Open Sealed Returns. MISTAKE IS ALLEGED \ Results in Four Precincts Are Affected. Circuit Judge H. O. Chamberlin today granted a petition of city election commissioners to be allowed to open sealed returns from the city primary election last spring. Four precincts are involved. The commissioners said the list of Democrat voters in the Forty-First of the Fourth ward and the lKt of men voters in the Third preelnet of the Sixth ward were sealed by mistake in the bag for returns. Therefore those voters would have had to register again this fair. A vote in the primary last spring registered the voter, provided the board knew who he was. Also, in the Fifth of the Sixth and the Sixth of the Twelfth, the poll books turned in were Illegible, and the commissioners wanted to see the duplicate lists in the sealed bags. George V. Coffin and William E. Clauer, city Republican and. Domorratie chairman, respectively, consented to the order. Meanwhile, with only 101,000 of 200,000 eligible voters registered and three weeks remaining for registration, possibilities for a light vote at the municipal election in November were apparent. Politicians are scratching their heads in an endeavor to solve the problem, for more than 150,000 voters were registered at the last election. By voting in the primary the (Turn lo Page 11) DENTON WILL RENEW FIGHT FOR POSITION Vincennes Judge to Hear Plea in Judgeship Argument. A third attempt wiU be made Monday at Vincennes by the friends of George K. Denton of Evansville, defeated at the last general election as candidate for judge of the State Supreme Court, to unseat Benjamin F. Willoughby of Vincennes, the victor, and have Denton declared legally elected. Arguments will ho heard before Judge John R. Emison of the Knox Superior Court on the Willoughby demurrer to “quo warranto" proceedings brought by Denton's attorneys during the court's summer vacation. May Terminate Fight Should the demurrer bo sustained the fight will be terminated unless Denton’s friends desire to carry an Rppeal to the State Supreme Court If it is overruled the real issue in the case will be reached, the quo warranto action, challenging Willoughby’s right to remain on the bench. Attorney General Arthur L. GilHorn will appear in behalf of Willoughby in support of the argument that original election re-turns, declaring him winner by one vote, are correct. Denton will be represented by Charles Remster. of the firm of Smith. Remster, Hombrook and Smith. One Vote Margin The original election returns, os certified to the Secretary of State by the various county election officials. showed Willoughby elected by one vote. Liter it was discovered that incomplete vote tabulations for Howard and Sullivan Counties would have made Denton victor by a margin of more than 500 votes. Secretary of State Ed Jackson refused to accept the corrected returns. A suit to mandate Jackson to accept the corrected returns failed. The case was carried to the 1925 State legislature in order to obtain a recount but a special legislation committee held it lacked Jurisdiction. ARMED BANDITS ROB PASSENGERS Twelve on Train Lined Up in Smoking Compartment. Bu United Press MINOT, N, D., Sept. 12.—Twelve passengers in the smoking compartment of a transcontinental Sbo Line train, were lined up and robbed today by two armed and masked men, Approximately S2OO was obtained In the raid, The bandits boarded the train, which operates between Vancouver and Chicago as it was pulling out of the station here. They did not molest passengers in the Pullmans and day coaches but passed directly If) tv* A 4<->trtTlP r* rv***^*-

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 12, 1925

World Series to Start Oct. 7 'Bu United Press PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 12. —Baseballs’ world series will open Wednesday, Oct. 7, In the city that wins the National League pennant, it was announced today following a conference of leading club officials of both leagues with Judge K. M. Landis here.

SERVICE INCORPORATES Merchandise Deliver}- Promoters File Papers With State. Articles of incorporation of the Merchandise Delivery Service, Inti., were filed today with the Secretary of State. The delivery service for downtown stores will have headquarters at 145 E. Washington St. Capitol stock is SIO,OOO. Carleton Greenwald, Danleld Greenwald and Lou Kopelman. were listed as directors. THEFTS ARE REPORTED Clfy Police Kept Busy Investigating Several Isse. Police were active today, investigating several thefts. Those reported. Mark I .awn. 2826 Ruckle St., $2. State fairground; J. H. Carter, 103 W. Walnut St., watch State fairground; Mrs. Nina Grund, 611 E. Morris St., purse and $lO, S. Meridian St.; Dr. Harry Hagie, 4117 E. Washington St., $l5O diamond ring and Leßoy Fletcher, 2035 N. Meridian St., traveling bag, SIOO. LIQUOR TRADE ALLEGED Youth and Man Held After Raid by Pollen. IJeut. John R. Eisenlvt and squad today arrested Sam Stmpson, 41, and Virgil Willoughby. 19. both of 4702 W. Bertha St., on charges of blind tiger and transporting. Willoughby was also charged with vehicle taking. Arrest followed when police saw them drive in rear of 3021 W. Tenth St., and hand a jug said to contain liquor to a man. FIRST AID TO BE GIVEN Station WOT Bo Opened in Postofflee on Monday. The Indianapolis postoffice first aid station probably will open Monday, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson said today. The first aid room will be on the third floor of the Federal Bldg., and will be for all Federal employee, Bryson said. Miss Elsie May Holmes, 1723 N. Meridian St., a trained nurse, has been appointed to be on duty at tha station daily. BONDSMEN DISCHARGED Six Arrested Week Ago Told Not to Solicit at Headquarters. Five professional bodnsmen and one professional bondswomen were discharged on vagrancy charges today by City Judge Dan V. White. They were arrested in police corridors a week ago when officers charged they crowded the halls and turnkey’s office. Judge White told them not to solicit business at headquarters. TWO MOTORISTS FINED Driver Sentenced to Jail on Intoxication Charge. A. A. Mitchell. 1421 N. Belle VJeu PI., was fined SSO and costs today by City Judge Dan V. White on assault and battery charge. He was discharged on charge of failure to stop after an accident. Mitchell’s automobile is allleged to have struck another driven by John Stroull, 948 E. Thirtieth St., injuring Miss Lillian Harding, 20, city hospital nurse. Judge Delbert O. Wllmeth fined L. J. Mount of Acton. Ind., $lO and costs and sentenced him to ten days in jail on charge of driving while intoxicated. ‘KING’ IS APPRECIATED lipfters and Telegrams Praise Program by Snodgrass. Letters and telegrams of appreciation for the piano program broadcast by Harry M. Snodgrass, “king of the Ivories," under the auspices of The Indianapolis Times Friday evening were coming in from radio fans today, Snodgrass broadcast from Station WFbm of the Merchants Heat and Light Company, at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. J. M. Witten, announcer of WOS, Jefferson City, Mo., made the announcements. He was introduced by Carl FY>hl, radio editor of The Times. ALLEGED BANDITS PLEAD Three Men Are Charged With Filling Station Hold-Ups. Charles Freeman, Dewey Elliott and Norman Lipscomb, arrested on charges of "pulling” eighteen robberies and three burglaries, pleaded not guilty today in Criminal Court to charges of auto banditry, burglary and robbery, Lipscomb was released on bond, and the other two defendants returned to jail, Among the jobs detectives claim the trio staged was the double robbery of the Western Oil Refining Company’s and th® Standard Oil Company's filling stations at Thir-ty-Eighth St. and Maple Rd. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m..,.., 68 10 a. m..,,.. 72 7 am.,.,,, 68 11 a. m 76 8 a. m..,,,, 70 12 (noon) 75 J £;•t I ajil

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POISON BOOZE SOLD BOYS, IS CHARGE Illness of Beech Grove Lad Leads to Arrest of Alleged Bootlegger by Federal Men.

Federal prohibition agents today were investigating alleged traffic) in poison liquor in Beech Grove, following the arrest of John Marksberry, 45, of 616 Main St., who is alleged to have sold poison 'mule” to three Beech Grove boys, John Kaster, 18, became violently ill after drinking liquor purchased from Marksberry. It is charged, John Ward, Curtis Alford, and Murray Hoover, told Federal agents they bought three half-pints es “mule” from Marksberry and gave young Kaster some to drink. A doctor was called to pump out the contents of Kaster's tsomach. The four boys were held for questioning by Federal agents.

CHARGE IS NOT MADE BY TIMES Complaint Publication Appears to Be Unwarranted. The Times considers unwarranted publication of the outline of a complaint for injunction filed by 102 Eugene St. property owners against the Roscoe Butner Company and city officials in Superior Court Aug. 21 which contained the following paragraphs taken f-om the complaint: “That in tome manner or way it is agreed nnd understood by and between said defendant officers of said defendant officers of said city that in carrying on street improvement contracts and the enforcing of some against contractors, that the defendant, Frank Lingenfelter, would draw and prepare specifications for improvements of streets requiring the highest grade of work and giving an autocratic power to self as city engineer, and that the said William Armitage, as the representative of himself, the members of the board of public works and other officers of the city participating in said agreement, as aforesaid, should require any contractor bidding on any street improvement to muke some concessions or payments or agreements desired by said officers, V)r some of them, ns a condition that said plans and specifications would not be enforced in all strictness. “That those contractors who made their arrangements with and payments to the said defendant Armitage, had inspectors appointed for their work pursuant to said agreement and nuderstanding who would overlook numerous and all violations of said contract and specifications, and Lingenfelter us city engineer would recommend acceptance of work in condition not according to the contract and specifications in each and all of such oases, and tho board of works wbuld accept the Improvement in its defective condition.” The outline and section of the complaint were published in connection with reporting the filing of the suit, but tho publication should not have been made.

■City Judge Dan V, White, today until Tuesday, Marksberry is In jail, falling to give bond. TOWER MAN ARRESTED Officers Charge Watchman Fulled to Lei Traffic Pass, Frank Deletzskt, 46, of 406 E, Washington St., a tower man fop-tho O, I, & W, and Big Four growing at W. Michigan St, and Holmes Ave., was arrested today on charges of obstructing streets, disorderly conduct, and profanity. He Is said to have refused to raise the gates for Lieutenant Halstead

Entered ns Seeond-rlas* Matter at Poafofflee, Indianapolis. Published Pally Except Sunday.

Newlywed Couple, in Bed, Beaten on Heads With Hammer and Concrete — Husband Awakes Dazed and Gives Chase, but Assailant Escapes. FIVE OTHER CASES IN NEIGHBORHOOD, REPORT Same Criminal Believed td Have Entered Home and Frightened Child —Woman Screams and Frightens Away Man Who Was Trying to Pry Open Window. A burglar boat Mrs. Rachel Steffey, 19, of 2928 N. Dearborn St., on the head with a hammer and a chunk of concrete so severely early today that she may die. The burglar also struck J. B. Kteffey, 22, the husband, on the head, but injured him less severely. The StefTeys were In bed on the ground floor of their home when the attack occured. Both are in city hospital. The meager description Steffey was able to give police ied them to believe that the colored burglar who has terrorized two widely separated residence districts for months is back nt work. They blamed the same burglar for five other cases near the Steffey home last night. Recent Residents Mr. and Mrs. Steffey have been married but a month, moving into their present residence Sept. 7. Steffey said a terrific pain in his head awakened him. He heard Mrs. Steffey groaning. Then he saw the burglar flash a light in the room and started to rise. “Lay down and be quiet or I'll kill you,” growled the burglar. Instead, Steffey, still groggy from the blows on his head, lunged toward the btirglar. The Intruder ran, with Steffey hot in pursuit through the darkened house, burglar overturned a floor lamp and paused long enough to push a table into Steffey’s path. Steffey rushed on to his porch, but the burglar was gone. Robert Reese, a milkman, 448 Manlove Ave., suw Steffey and called the police for him. Weapons Found Lieut. Claude Johnson reported he found a rusty hammer and two pieces of concrete on the floor of the Steffey bedroom. The burglar had placed a email laddder against a side window and climbed into the kitchen, leaving a footprint in the sink. The Steffey residences had been ransacked. Two looted purses were found in the back yard. Elizabeth Lindenberger, 14, daughter of Eric Lindenberger, 3016 E. 'Twenty-Ninth St., awakened to find a man's fingers at her throat. She screamed und the man escaped. About a month ago, the girl said, sho started to retire early In the evening and found a negro in the bedroom of her sister. Gertrude, 16. The intruder ran. Neither of the girls were harmed in either case. Frightened Away Mrs. Jennie Shotts, 2935 Dearborn St., heard a noise at her bedroom window early today. Sho saw a colored man trying to pry the window open. She screamed for her husband and tho burglar ran. Albert Shotts, 2865 Parker Ave., discovered his trousers, with his nocketbook containing $4 and keys gone, and that the burglar had blown out an oil lamp while he worked. Police link these cases with the smashing of the front window of the Schaller & Cole drug store, Thirtieth St. and Sherman Dr. A pay telephone was taken. Auto Is Taken Officers also believe that the burglar concluded his night of terroriz ing by stealing the automobile of Guy R. Martin, 2441 N. Dearborn St. The colored burglar who has been an enigma to police for months has worked first in the district between Northwestern Ave, and Parkway Blvd., north of Twenty-Fifth St., and then Jumped across the north side to terrorize women in the territory generally east of Sherman Dr. and north of Sixteenth St, At least a dozen cases of brutal attacks upon women have been reported to police, who say that they have heard indirectly of that many more cases upon which the families avoided publicity. Hospital authorities said Mrs. Steffey was not harmed other than b> the beating on the head, SCHOOL GIRL MARRIED Father Makes Report to Police— Warrants Are Hied, Cal Jordan, 1346 De IjOss St., told police today his daughter Ruby, 15, left school No. 8 and married Ray Francum, 24, of 1400 De Loss St, Warrants were filed In juvenile fffEftb”**. '

Forecast PNSETTLED and somewhat cooler tonipht with probably showers followed by clearing Sunday.

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CRIPPLING OF BEECH GROVE LINE ALLEGED Traction Suffers Damage on Two Occasions, Says Receiver. Two recent efforts to cripple the Beech Grove Traction Company line by destroying essential parts of its equipment were brough to light today when the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, receiver for the traction company offered SSO reward for arrest and conviction of tho person or persons who damaged the company’s property. Early Aug. 24, the “Jumper," which connects the Beech Grove line with the Indianapolis Street railway power supply was torn away from its fastenings, the receiver states. This wire carries more than 500 volts of electricity. Service was held up for about an hour at this time. Second Trespass The second trespass was on the night of Sept. 7, when a piece of iron was laid in the switch connecting the Beech Grove and Street Railway tracks. A Beech Grove car was derailed as a result, but no one was injured. Officials believe that the same person was responsible for both acts. Now in litigation The Beech Grove line is now In litigation, C. F. Schmidt having purchased It from the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, on condition that no bus line be established between Indianapolis and Beech Grove. Permit for such a bus line was later granted by the public service commission. STREETORDER IS DISSOLVED Injunction on E. Tenth Pavement Is Killed. The restraining order preventing the board of works from accepting the E. Tenth St. pavement from Sherman Dr. to a point 150 feet east of Hawthorne Lane was dissolved by Judge Clinton H. Givan, Superior Court Four, today. The city contended that an injunction could not be granted until the final assessment roll had been approved. This has not been done. Poor quality of pavement was charged in the complaint, filed by a number of property owners Plaintiffs filed a motiion to reinstate the restraining order. Hearing was not fixed. POLAR STEAMER IS IB DISTRESS Weak S.O.S. Signals Picked Up by Coast Radios. Bit United Press SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 12. Winter has fallen with a vengeanc* on the polar north, and is gripping the 1,322-ton auxiliary steam schoon-, er, Baychimo, a fur ship of the Hudson Bay fleet, off Hershel Island in the Arctic Ocean east of Point Barrow, according to radio distress signals received at Seattle harbor radio station today. Only meagre details of the ship’s peril was picked up by the station’s radio. Other cousL stations received only weak S.O.S. signals. SINGLETON TO HEAD LAYMEN Methodists Again Re-elect President. Bu United Press JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.. Sept, 12. of the Indiana conference of the Methodist Church today re-elected Frank TANARUS, Singleton of Martinsville, as president of the laymen's association. Tho ministers approve the emend ment for a union of the northern and southern branches of the church which have been divided nine* the Civil War, A lively discussion preceded! tbe vote of ratification on the amend ment to admit laymen to the conference deliberations on equal IOHO* with iniulatora, Both amendments ’were SUtpjKWed Friday by tha separate JWetWJf W laymen, The controversy oyer tOflnivfl(T%olief funds raised by tho Xtethodlot church at Prirtooton was ended through a compromise, A owncittee will distribute thtf hnoucy In accordance